Combined threshing, harvesting, and bundling apparatus.



M. KEJR. COMBINED THRESHING, HARVESTING, AND BUNDLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1911.

Patented May 28, 1912.

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Altar/12y M. KEJR. COMBINED THRESHING HARVESTING, AND BUNDLING APPARATUS.

APPLIOATION FILED APR.15, 1911.

Patented May 28, 1912.

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M. KEJR. COMBINED THRESHING, HARVESTING, AND BUNDLING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR.15, 1911.

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M. KEJR. COMBINED THRESHING, HARVESTING, AND BUNDLIN G APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 15, 1911. 1,027,484.

Patented May 28, 1912.

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- LVVENTOR ,WIQIRNESSES Alforney UNITED srA'rns PATENT orrion.

MILES main, or DORRANGE, KANSAS.

' COMBINED THRESHING, HARVESTING, AND BUNDLIN G APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

To. all whom it may concern) Be it known that I, MILES KEJR, a subject of the Emperor of-Austria-H-ungary,

manner as is common in well known harvesting machines and then conveyed directly to the threshing mechanism to be threshed in the usual manner and then finally conveyed to the baling apparatus or if desired, the material may be conveyed directly to the baling mechanism upon which latteroperation the material is bound in bundles and it may be stored until it is desired to thresh the same.

Other objects of the invention areto' provide at thefront of the material receiving platform of the apparatus cutting mechanism extending whollyacross the forward end of the platform and receiving and con veying belts traveling in different directions and disposed immediatelybeh'ind the cutting mechanism, the transverse extent of the combined belts being the same as the trans verse extent of the said cutting mechanism so" that very broad. cutting and collecting surfaces are resultant; furtherthe construction ofone of the collecting and receiving belts whereby the out material will-be con- Veyed Wholly a rehly o the'concave of the threshing cy1ind r 7.

Another object of the apparatus is to provide, in connection with* threshing mechanism, an adjustable sup ort forthe bun material from the threshing mechanism when it is desired to form the material in bundles or further adjusted to lie out of'the path of the discharging material so thatthe material can be deposited directly upon the ground.

In the drawings, forming a portion of this specification 1n which likenumerals-of reference indicate similar parts in the-sev- Patented May 28, 1912; v

eral views :-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved harvesting, threshing and bun dling apparatus. Fig. 2 isa vertical section therethrough. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the apparatus with parts in full lines. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portion ofthe apparatus showing in full lines the receiving. position of the bundling mechanism and showing thedischarge position thereof in dotted lines. Fig. 5 is a section through. a portion of the apparatus showing the relatlvely adjustable conveyers moved to positions where one will deliver to the other. a

In carrying out the'present invention,-I contemplate providing a threshing machine of any well known construction, and preferably one of the type shown at A in the drawings herein forming a portion of this invention. The machine includes a casing 1 provided therewithin adjacent tov its front end with the usual cylinder 2 and its cooperating concave 3. Rearwardly of the cylinder and concave of the machine are the racks 4 which are disposed above the grain bottom 5 and the grate and bottom extension 6 and 7 respectively. The machine is provided beneath the grate 6 with the grain chute 8 which inclinesdownwardly from the rear of the'machine toward the auger 9 and fan drum 10 and in' open communicationtherewith so, that the grain will be directed to the auger and the fan 11 when m operation will exert its energy to blow the chaff rearwardly to the usual tailings spout 12 andacross the grates 13. .The machine is mounted on the front and rear wheeled axles" 14 and 15'. The grain auger opens d1 rectly into the elevator 16, from which lat ter, the grain is deposlted into the receiving receptacle 17 The parts heremabove enumerated and conventionally shown in the drawings. are

those which are, essential and well known in a machine of this character and are only briefly referred to with a view of vintelligently illustrating my invention.

The machine A is provided with a forwardly extending operators platform 18 on which is supported the driving'engine or motor B, preferably an internal combustion motor, the drive' shaft 19 of which being connected in any suitable well known manner with the driven axle 14, preferably by the drive chain 20. The rear steering axle of the machine is operatively connected and geared to the steering shaft 21, which latter, in turn, is geared to the controlling wheel 22 on the platform 18 adjacent to the engine or motor. r j

The header mechanism C at the front of the platform '18 embodies a relatively low horizontally disposed frame 23 and a frame 24, the latter having suitable connections with the casing or housing 1, as at 25. The frame 23 carries at its front end the cutting apparatus which embodies a finger bar 26 and a reciprocating cutter 27. This cutting apparatus is disposed immediately beneath the axis of the horizontally disposed reel 28 which is mounted in the frame 24 and which is geared to the driving shaft 29 through the medium of the chain 30. The reciprocating cutter 27 is connected by the. pitman 31 with the eccentric 32 on the shaft. 33. The shaft 33 is journaled in suitable bearings on the frame 23' and geared to the shaft 29, as at 34.

The frame 23 is of rectangular form and includes the front and 'rear bars 35' and 36 and the end bars 37. Receiving and carrier belts 38 and 39 each provided with an inner idle roller 40 and an outer drive roller 41 have the shafts of the said rollers journaled in the front and rear bars 35 and 36 and the shafts of the outer rollers 41 are geared, as at 42, to the shaft 29. In this manner the belts 38 and 39 are driven in directions toward each other and in the direction of the receiving belt 43. This belt occupies the same general plane with the belts 38 and 39 and is disposed in the intervening space 44, the rollers of the belt 43 being journaled in bearings 45 in the frame 23. The roller 46 is belted tothe shaft 29 as at 47, so that the belt will travel at right angles to the movement of the belts 38 and 39 and in a direction toward the rear of the threshing machihe. The shaft 29 receives its power from the countershaft 48 of the engine or motor, a belt chain 49 preferably connecting the said shafts with each other.

An elevator 50 embodying a frame 51 and companion parallel carrier belts 52 and 53 extends upwardly and rearwardly' fromv the inner end of the belt 43, the upper end .of the said elevatorbeing disposed in discharging proximity with respect to the directing and conveyin mechanism 54. V 1

The material feeding and conveying or directing mechanism comprises a front endless conveyer 55-and a rear cut-01f and di-' rock levers 62; These levers are pivoted intermediate of their ends to the walls of the casing.

A rock shaft 63 is mounted beneath the casing 1 and as illustrated, it has mounted thereon bell crank levers 64, the short arm 65 of one of the levers being connected to the controlling lever 66 as at 67, the lever 66 being mounted on the platform 18 in convenient reach of the operator. The long arms 68 of the levers 64 are connected by rods or the like 69 to the rear ends of'the levers 62. The lever 62' at one side of the the sprocket gear wheels 71 and 72 are secured, one of which being geared to the countershaft 48, as at. 73, and the other.

geared to the front roller shaft of the conveyer 56, as at 74. The rear roller of the conveyer 56 has its shaft 75 extended through slots 7 6in the sides of the casing and journaled in the rear ends of rock levers 77 on the casing, the forward .ends of the levers 'beingconnected by the rods 78 to the long arms of the" levers 64. The slots 61 and 76 are vertically disposed and constructed to permit of a limited vertical adjustment of the conveyer 56. The rear ends of the levers 77 have-their bearing passages 79 somewhat elongated and the slots 76 are provided with substantially arcuate portions 80 so as to allow the rear end ofthe conveyer 56 to be adjusted if desired to lie slightly below the plane of the front end oft-he conveyer for a purpose to be hereinafter described.

The bundle forming or binding mechanism 81 can be of any well known construction and as shown, it is mounted on a plat form 82 which is pivotally supported at 83 to the sides of the casing 1 at the rear open end thereof. A stem 84 at one side of the .platform 82 extends through an arcuate slot 85 in one side of the casing 1 and as illustrated, it has secured thereto a rack segment 86 'whichis disposed concentric with respect to the pivot 83 and in mesh with a gear wheel 87 on the operating crank shaft 88, whereby any required ad ustment of the bundling mechanism can be obtained. The discharge end of the bundling mechanism extends directly onto. the upward end l of a rearwardly curved apron 89-so that when the bundles are discharged, they will i be thrown directly upon the receiver 90.

under the application of the weight of but extends.

few bundles thereto,- Lprovide the receiver with a. keeper 93' which is engaged with a pivoted latch 94. The latch is mounted in a suitable bracket on the casing 1, and as shown, it carries an arm'95 to which the controlling rod 96 from the platform 18 In this manner of mounting the. receiver, the bundles can be dumped therefrom in any desired quantities.

In describing the operationof the machine, it may be stated that when itis desired to thresh the material as'it is fed to the, machine, the conveyers 55 and 56 are adjusted relatively so as to form therebetween a gap 97, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby the material when discharged from the conveyer 55 will be delivered directly to the concave 3 to then be operated on as in the usual operation of a threshing machine. If the operator desires to form the threshedmaterial into bundles, the mechanism 81 is adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 2 so that'it will lie directly in the path of the material to effectively re-- ceive the same. As hereinbefore described,

the mechanism can be of any well known construction which may be found best adapted for the purpose intended, which, when in operation, willrapidly form the bundles and discharge them upon the receiver 90. Should it not be desired, to form the threshed material into bundles, the mechanism 81 can adjusted to a position, as shown by dotte'dlines in Fig. 4, where the material will be allowed to find its escape from the opening D of the casing 1. The material when collected may,-on adjustment of the conveyer "56 to close the gap 97, be I 'fed directly upon the conveyer 56 and then,

to the bundling .mechanism. his operation 1s desirable owing to the fact that 1 grain can be rapidly collected from the venience of the operator.

field and afterward 'threshed at the "con- The machine can be used simply as .a har:

veste-r and in such use, the conveyer 56 is H adjusted to receiving proximity with 'respect'to the conveyer 55 and to a position whereby the material may be. discharged .directly from the rear of the machine to be deposited directly 'upon the ground.

The engine or motor conventionally shown in the drawings. may be provided with a suitable driving pulley by means of which power from the motor can be supplied to various farm apparatus, such as pumps or the like, to drive the same, and the machine may be converted into a simple tractor by removing the harvesting, threshing and bundling devices.

I claim: I 1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame or casing having an inlet throat or passage at its forward end and outlets arranged respectively at its rear end and in its bottom adj a-' cent thereto, a threshing mechanism including a cylinder and concave communicating with said throat, a gathering mechanism including a feeder for conveyingthe gathered material to said throat, a bundling mechanism at the rear of the casing between said outlets, and a conveyer adjustable to open or 'close said throat and arranged when in throat-closing position to convey the material from said feeder toward the bundling mechanism, said bundling mechanism and conveyer being relatively adjustable for the feed of the material either to the bundling mechanismor to the bottom outlet when the conveyer is in throat-closing position.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination of a frame or casing having an inlet throat or passage at its forward end and outlets arranged res ec tively at its rear end and in its bottom l cent thereto, a threshing mechanism including a cylinder and concave communicating with said throat, a gathering mechanism including a feeder for conveying the gathered material to said throat, a bundling mechanism at the rear of the casing between outlets and adjustable toward the respective outlets out of and into receiving position,

and a conveyer adjustable to open or close said throat and when in throat-closing position to convey the material from said feeder to the bundling mechanism when'the latter is in receiving position or to the bottom outlet when said bundling mechanism is out of receivingposition.

3. In an apparatus ofthe character described,'the combination ofa frame or cas mg having. an inlet throat or passage at 1ts forward end and outlets arranged respectively at its rear end and in its bottom ad acent'theret-o, a .t-hreshing mechanism including a cylinder and concave communicating with said throat, a gathering mechanlsm including 'a feeder for'conveying the gathered material to said throatj a bundling mecha-,

nism at the rear of the basing between said outlets and below the level of the cylinder spectiveoutlets out of and into receiving poand concave and above "the level of the bottom outlet and adjustable toward the re-- sition, means for adjusting the same, a connism is out of receiving position, and means veyer vertically adjustable in guides to diffor adjusting said conveyeneflf 1 ferent degrees at its front and rear endsto In testimony whereof I 'aflixs' my signature open or close said throat and when in throatin presence of two Witnesses.

closing position to convey the material from MILES KEJR. said feeder to the bundling mechanism when W'itnesses:

the latter is in receiving position or to the J. F. TOBIAS, v i l bottom outlet when said bundling mecha- C. R. JELLIsoN. 

